Desert Rats: Scenes from the Antelope Valley

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Houses such as this one in the High Desert are being cited by Los Angeles County as injurious to healthHouses such as this one in the High Desert are being cited by Los Angeles County as injurious to health, offensive to the senses, and obstructing the free use of neighboring property.; Credit: Mars Melnicoff

Is Los Angeles County waging war on iconoclasts, nonconformists and truckers in the desert? For more, read Mars Melnicoff's “L.A. County's War on Desert Rats.”

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